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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2009-3882 json

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Swing implementation in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17, and OpenJDK, h…

published 2009-11-09 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-3853

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Swing implementation in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17, and OpenJDK, have unknown impact and remote attack vectors, related to "information leaks in mutable variables," aka Bug Id 6657026.

Patch / fix

  • oracle java_se 1.5.0_22, 1.6.0_17, 5.0.22, 6.0.17
  • oracle jdk 1.5.0_22, 1.6.0_17, 5.0.22, 6.0.17
  • oracle jre 1.5.0_22, 1.6.0_17, 5.0.22, 6.0.17
  • sun java 1.5.0_22, 1.6.0_17, 5.0.22, 6.0.17
  • sun java_se 1.5.0_22, 1.6.0_17, 5.0.22, 6.0.17
  • sun jdk 1.5.0_22, 1.6.0_17, 5.0.22, 6.0.17
  • sun jre 1.5.0_22, 1.6.0_17, 5.0.22, 6.0.17
  • oracle openjdk 1.5.0_22, 1.6.0_17, 5.0.22, 6.0.17
  • sun openjdk 1.5.0_22, 1.6.0_17, 5.0.22, 6.0.17
  • java-1.5.0-sun RHEL 4 EXTRAS, network satellite 5.1 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.6.0-openjdk RHEL 5 1:1.6.0.0-1.7.b09.el5
  • java-1.6.0-openjdk-src RHEL 5 1:1.6.0.0-1.7.b09.el5
  • java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo RHEL 5 1:1.6.0.0-1.7.b09.el5
  • java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc RHEL 5 1:1.6.0.0-1.7.b09.el5
  • java-1.5.0-sun RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.5.0-sun-src RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.5.0-sun-src RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1662RHSA-2009:1584RHSA-2009:1571RHSA-2009:1560

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-3882 updated cvss 4.3

OpenJDK information leaks in mutable variables (6657026,6657138)

  • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-demo 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1571
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) java-1.6.0-openjdk 1.6.0.0-1.7.b09.el5, java-1.6.0-openjdk-src 1.6.0.0-1.7.b09.el5, java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo 1.6.0.0-1.7.b09.el5, java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc 1.6.0.0-1.7.b09.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1584
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-demo 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1571
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) java-1.6.0-openjdk 1.6.0.0-1.7.b09.el5, java-1.6.0-openjdk-src 1.6.0.0-1.7.b09.el5, java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo 1.6.0.0-1.7.b09.el5, java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc 1.6.0.0-1.7.b09.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1584
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.17-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.17-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-sun-demo 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el5, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-demo 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.17-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.17-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-sun-demo 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el5, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-demo 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1571
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.1 (RHEL v.4 AS) java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1662

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Exploit prediction

2.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Fix historical java records.